FOURTH IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference online (February 9-12, 2022)
On 9-12 February 2022, the Faculty of Law had the pleasure to co-organize the , which took place online due again to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year鈥檚 edition of the Conference welcomed over 300 scholars amongst speakers, chairs, and attendees from around the world (Asia-Pacific, North and South America, Europe, and Africa). The full program for the 4 days is available .
Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), , and Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), , delivered the opening addresses at the Conference and focused their remarks on the importance of Intellectual Property (IP) for the recovery post-Covid.
The IPIRA Network is an initiative created to provide a forum for IP researchers to discuss their papers and works-in-progress with other academics, practitioners, and policy makers. The Fourth IPIRA Conference was organized as a collaboration between the听, the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement, and Competition Division of the听听and the following academic institutions: the听;听;听;听听and听our Faculty of Law, AV短视频.
Our Faculty of Law was represented at IPIRA 2022 by Prof.听Irene Calboli, Academic Fellow at the Faculty of Law (who is the initiator of the IPIRA Network and Conference), and Prof.听Jacques de Werra.听 and (of our听)听contributed their very appreciated assistance for the organization of IPIRA 2022.
This Fourth IPIRA Conference was, like the , 听a remarkably successful event. The organizers very much look forward to the Fifth IPIRA Conference that will take place in 2023. Information about 2023 will be communicated in due time on .
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